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(1914-2002), British biochemist, born in Vienna, Austria, on May 19, 1914; director Medical Research Council Unit for Molecular Biology, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1947-62; chairman Laboratory of Molecular Biology, 1962-79; received 1962 Nobel prize for chemistry for research on the structures of globular proteins, especially hemoglobin (shared award with John C. Kendrew); died on Feb. 6, 2002, in Cambridge.